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With ATC, you are constantly being updated on position, or reporting to "guide" you through an area.
With ATC, you are constantly being updated on position, or reporting to "guide" you through an area.


Your Callsign is important..
==Callsign==
AC001 = Alpha Bravo Zero Zero One
BAZ129 = Bravo Alpha Zulu One Two Niner
 
Alpa Bravo Charlie etc..
Niner has the "er" on the end, because over distance the nine and five sound the same..

Latest revision as of 00:57, 13 June 2010

Air Traffic Control

An aircraft is going nowhere unless instructed by ATC (and a Flight Plan).

There are various roles in the the enviroment:

  • Ground Control - ie pushback, taxing down to runway
  • Departures - sequencing the departure slots and take off
  • Lower Air Control

Radio Communications

With ATC, you are constantly being updated on position, or reporting to "guide" you through an area.

Callsign

AC001 = Alpha Bravo Zero Zero One
BAZ129 = Bravo Alpha Zulu One Two Niner
Alpa Bravo Charlie etc..
Niner has the "er" on the end, because over distance the nine and five sound the same..